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I N SA A C E W T O N LIVES AND LEGACIES Larzer Ziff MARK TWAIN David S. Reynolds WALT WHITMAN Edwin S. Gaustad ROGER WILLIAMS Gale E. Christianson ISAAC NEWTON I N S A A C E W T O N Gale E. Christianson 2005 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2005 by Gale E. Christianson Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Christianson, Gale E. Isaac Newton / Gale E. Christianson.— 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-530070-3 ISBN-10: 0-19-530070-X 1. Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642–1727. 2. Physicists—Great Britain—Biography. I. Title. QC16.N7C51 2005 530'.092—dc22 2005009600 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper To Miss Rhonda This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS PREFACE xi One “TO PLAY PHILOSOPHICALLY” 1 Two “MY GREATER FRIEND” 12 Three OF GENIUS, FIRE, AND PLAGUE 24 Four THE REVOLUTIONARY PROFESSOR 34 Five “KINDLING COAL” 43 Six THE ALCHEMIST 53 vii Seven “A BOOK NOBODY UNDERSTANDS” 63 Eight “YOUR MOST UNFORTUNATE SERVANT” 77 Nine MARK OF THE LION 88 Ten THE ROYAL SOCIETY 101 Eleven WAR 110 Twelve “LIKE A BOY ON THE SEASHORE” 122 NOTES 129 FURTHER READING 135 INDEX 141 viii CONTENTS Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. Henri-Frédéric Amiel CHAPTER TITLE ix
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